What Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said about the Thunder's 30-2 run in Thursday's win. After the win, Gilgeous-Alexander discussed the Thunder’s high focus in their victory against the Cavs. “Things like that don’t happen too often,
OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is playing the best basketball of his life. But his game goes deeper than that. Gilgeous-Alexander is playing the best basketball in Thunder history.
For Cleveland, it was death by a thousand cuts. The Thunder topped that 30-2 run with back-to-back pick-six turnovers — with the demoralized Cavs barely bothering to jog back on the second one — shortly after a technical foul on Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson for intercepting a ref on the sideline and screaming “Call the f—ing foul!”
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 16 of his 27 points from the foul line to overcome his worst shooting performance of the season and help the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 136-95 rout of the Washington Wizards.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is sneaking up on a serious case for the best player in Oklahoma City’s franchise history. It’s a pretty crazy thing to suggest, considering the Thunder has debuted Kevin Durant,
Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers will host Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder in a historic NBA matchup
Other than an NBA championship, this individual accomplishment is rare to come by, as only 36 players have received such nods in the association's history. With the 2024-25 season approaching the halfway mark,
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points and Jalen Williams had 24 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-102 win over a Philadelphia 76ers team missing three All-Stars.
Billed as "The Rematch," the Thunder didn't just survive Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen without Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein — but thrived in their small-ball lineup. An astonishing 30-2 run catapulted OKC to its one-sided affair. It led by as many as 42 points.
The difference was so stark from the NBA’s game of the year just eight days ago that one of the teams involved in the rematch Thursday was nearly unrecognizable. The Cleveland Cavaliers may have arrived in Oklahoma City as the league’s best team,
When the top two teams in the NBA square off, it's expected to be a marquee event. Suffice it to say, Thursday's matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers did not live up to the billing as OKC ran off to a 134-114 victory that wasn't nearly as close as even that lopsided score would indicate.